writing life

A Novel Idea

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." —Gene Fowler

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."

—Isaac Asimov

Sometimes everything falls into place. I'm showering, looking at the droop in the shower curtain for the millionth time. When we moved...

I thought I was in hog’s heaven, as my mother used to say, when I bought my South Louisiana house and turned the dining room into my...